Bira buzdolabında soğuk kaldı.

cold

Breakdown of Bira buzdolabında soğuk kaldı.

• kalmak: to stay
• buzdolabı: the refrigerator
• bira: beer

Questions & Answers about Bira buzdolabında soğuk kaldı.

What does kaldı mean here? Does kalmak literally mean to stay/remain?

Yes. Kalmak basically means to stay, to remain, or to be left depending on context.

In Bira buzdolabında soğuk kaldı, kaldı means stayed/remained. So the idea is:

• bira = the beer
• soğuk = cold
• kaldı = stayed/remained

A very literal translation is The beer remained cold in the refrigerator.

This is slightly different from just saying it was cold. It emphasizes that the beer continued to be cold.

Why is it buzdolabında? What does that ending mean?

The ending -da / -de / -ta / -te is the locative suffix, meaning in / at / on.

So:

• buzdolabı = refrigerator, fridge
• buzdolabında = in the refrigerator

The full form breaks down like this:

• buz = ice
• dolap = cupboard/cabinet
• buzdolabı = refrigerator
• buzdolabın-da = in the refrigerator

The -nda part appears because buzdolabı already ends with a possessive-type compound ending, so Turkish inserts n before the case ending.

Why is there an n in buzdolabında?